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Selected Causes of Resident Deaths: Number and Rate* by City
City of Morgantown, 2005
Table 47

Selected Causes of Death Number Rate
Fetal Deaths 1 1.9
Total Deaths, All Causes 264 9.3
---Deaths under 1 Year 3 5.8
---Deaths under 28 Days 2 3.8
Tuberculosis 0 0.0
Septicemia 4 14.1
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 0 0.0
Malignant Neoplasms 47 166.1
---of Digestive Organs 11 38.9
------Colon 7 24.7
------Pancreas 1 3.5
---of Respiratory and Intrathoracic Organs 10 35.3
------Trachea, Bronchus, and Lung 10 35.3
---of Breast 6 21.2
---of Genitourinary Organs 7 24.7
------Cervix Uteri 0 0.0
------Ovary 1 3.5
------Prostate 2 7.1
------Bladder 1 3.5
---All Other (Malignant Neoplasms) 13 45.9
Benign Neoplasms, Carcinoma in Situ, and Unspecified Neoplasms 0 0.0
Diabetes Mellitus 7 24.7
Alzheimer's Disease 10 35.3
Major Cardiovascular Disease 102 360.5
---Diseases of the Heart 77 272.2
------Ischemic Heart Disease 51 180.3
---Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 4 14.1
---Cerebrovascular Diseases 14 49.5
---Atherosclerosis 1 3.5
---Other Diseases of Arteries, Arterioles, and Capillaries 6 21.2
Influenza and Pneumonia 2 7.1
---Influenza 0 0.0
---Pneumonia 2 7.1
Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 17 60.1
Lung Diseases due to External Agents 2 7.1
---Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis 0 0.0
Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis 2 7.1
Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 9 31.8
Congenital Anomalies 1 3.5
Ill-Defined and Unknown Causes of Death 3 10.6
Accidents 12 42.4
---Motor Vehicle Injuries 0 0.0
---Falls 4 14.1
---Smoke, Fires, and Flames 0 0.0
---Drownings 0 0.0
---Poisonings 5 17.7
---Other Accidents 3 10.6
Intentional Self-Harm 2 7.1
Assault 0 0.0
All Other Causes (Residual) 44 155.5
Selected Causes of Death Number Rate

This Table extracted from the West Virginia Vital Statistics 2005 Annual Report

Last updated April 9, 2007.

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